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he everyone Iv have been diagnosed for 2 month and managed to loose 1 1/2 stone my diabetic nurse is re testing my hba1c again already as she thinks my blood sugars are really well controlled and wants me off metformin (100mg a day ) asap. She recommended a low carb 1200 cal a day diet and I...

Hi yes I am seeing the diabetic nurse in a few weeks, I will bring it up then she did mention she would be referring me to a foot and eye doctor as a routine check but I’m not sure when that will be. It’s so difficult especially because pretty much everything is blamed on diabetes, And described...

hi Sorry I keep asking so many questions but I don’t know who to ask with a drs appointment been a average of 3 weeks wait, tonight I noticed my feet are quite red, on the soles of my feet to about 2 cm up, the heel is the reddest part, I had a quick google as iv never noticed this before ( bad...

Thank you for the replies, I haven’t changed anything at all really. I managed to get in at the drs today and she was unsure she said it looked like the mildest case of athletes foot she’s seen in a long time but it’s healing itself on one foot and that’s not common of athletes foot but she’s...

Hello, Just asking for advice really, I some how have developed a small sore in the crease of both my little toes one seems to be healing up well with suedocream and the other has only just appeared last night, they are right on the crease where the little toe meets the foot and there is no...

Best get myself to the dr after Easter, thank you. It’s confusing with diabetes as google had so many different ranges one site said for a diabetic it should be below 115/80 and I’m way off that.

hi, Looking for advice really I saw my nurse 2 weeks ago and my blood pressure was not checked. I have been monitoring this myself at home and it’s regularly 140 odd over 80/90 odd, my pulse is always in the 90s or 100s but that is normal for me it has been for years I was under a cardiac doctor...

Thank you all for so much help, I think it’s really unfair how you are just shoved tablets and nothing is explained to you it really makes it worse than it already feels, I am going to cut down on my blood testing as suggested and keep up the low carb, I do have great support from my family and...

I am new to all this, it is a week today tomorrow I was diagnosed, I have lost 6lb in this week by cutting back drastically on the carbs I have been living of meat, eggs and nuts and vegetables but no potatoes and occasionally kidney beans, the first few days I wasn’t on metformin and my blood...

Sorry to hear that about the tablets, I really wanted to do diet control but she said I need to protect my organs while I loose weight and lower my blood sugar.

Thank you, I have purchased a water bottle and will be drinking 3 a day it holds a litre, I started the metformin yesterday dinner and have been ok but I’ve only took 1 so far so to early to tell, but with just the one yesterday my morning bg was 7 not 9-10 and my post meal was 5.5 not in the...

Well I just got back, she was a lovely nurse and very supportive in my choice of a low carb diet, she has said I need to take 1000mg of metfomin a day to help my body till I have lost enough weight to change my blood sugar, she did say don’t be disheartened if it doesn’t work as it won’t for...

Sorry also thank you for the advice on the arm I actually slept off it last night and it seems to have eased a fair bit today, I will definitely keep that up and see someone to get some help with it.

Thank you all for the fantastic advice, it is my first appointment with the nurse tomorrow and I feel so much more informed and less overwhelmed, google really is not the best place to look I think it scared and confuses you more. I’m so glad I found this website, I’m not 100% sure how many...

Thank you all for the great advice, I was hoping someone could shed some light on my blood glucose readings, during the day they are sitting within the required range but in a morning they are always up at 10.2mmols or around that, is there any way I can lower this or am I expecting to much so...

Thank you all so much for the information, not that I wish this on anyone but it’s lovely to have a support network of people who actually have gone through this, I have a very supportive family but it is hard when you have not experienced this yourself. I feel a little calmer today and I am...

Hi, I was diagnosed type 2 diabetic today my hca1 test ( i think it’s called ) was 64, I tested myself 3 days ago on a friends machine after feeling off for a few weeks and my bs was 14mmols 1 hour after food ( bad food all carbs ) anyway I have drastically reduced my carbs and I am around...